Drilled water

Kajiado county is home to a number of Maasai pastoralists. The county falls under the arid and semi arid lands (ASAL). This means the area receives low rainfall, experiences severe frequent drought, poverty, seasonal rivers and has an acute shortage of clean water supply.

Droughts are usually frequent in this county and most seasonal river beds dry up. This usually forces the community to rely on water from highly contaminated sources such as dry river beds, silanga (water pans) , unprotected open wells, and boreholes, which the community has to walk several kilometers in search of.

Clean water is an issue of concern in this community, both man and animal share a common water source. This allows water to easily get contaminated by the livestock's hooves, faecal matter and fur. To make matters worse, the community does not have an adequate way of disposing of their faecal matter. They usually do it indiscriminately in the bushes. This poses a problem during surface run offs because the seasonal river beds where the community draw their water gets contaminated by the fecal matter

Water is key to food security as crops and livestock need water to grow. These two natural resources and commodities are among the basic human needs which humans cannot survive without and in fact, they have been declared as human rights.